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प्रश्न
Answer the following by choosing the right option from those given below:
The Ancient Mariner stopped one of the three wedding guests because…………
पर्याय
he wanted to attend the wedding with him
he wanted him to sit with him
he wanted him to listen to his story
he wanted to stop him from going to the wedding
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उत्तर
he wanted him to listen to his story
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Why does the ancient Mariner compel the wedding guest to listen to his story?
Why did the wedding guest beat his breast ?
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The wedding guest remarked that he was 'next of kin' It meant that ……..
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The sailors felt depressed on reaching the land of mist and snow because……
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'It perched for vespers nine' means………
Answer the following question briefly.
Describe the ancient mariner.
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How did the sailors reach the land of mist and snow?
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How does the mariner express the fact that the ship was completely surrounded by icebergs?
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Why does the mariner say that 'no sweet bird did follow'?
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How did the other mariners behave towards the Ancient Mariner at first? How many times did they change their mind about the Ancient Mariner? What does this tell us about their character?
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What is the narrator trying to convey through the description of the situation in the tenth and eleventh stanza ?
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What or who did the mariners feel was responsible for their suffering?
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Describe the condition of the mariners as expressed in the thirteenth stanza.
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Why did the mariners hang the albatross around the neck of the Ancient Mariner?
This is a very dramatic poem, excellent for reading aloud or even dramatising. The class should be divided into groups and given the different dramatic moments from the poem to be performed as follows. Some of them are given below:
- the first storm that they encounter
- the time spent in the land of mist and snow
- the coming of the albatross and the subsequent events till they move out
- the killing of the albatross till they reach the silent seas
- the suffering of the sailors in the hot region till they hang the albatross around the Ancient Mariner's neck.
What were the blessings the albatross brought with itself in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ?
Imagine that the mariner hears of Mrs Packletide’s hunt and decides to share some advice with her about the impact of wilfully killing creatures. As the mariner, write this letter, in about 150 words, to Mrs Packletide, based on the consequences following your own experience of having killed a creature intentionally.
